Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-05-06

the gate, giving 8 smile 81 recognition
to the child, and enjoying undisguis1
eddy the sweet display 81 election
which the little pupil threw into Her
adien a minute after, tho child put
her hand into his and chattingly went
along with him,
That was Philip Yew burton, my
rival, a man OF whom Mrs Ashbury
knew hardly any thing, except lln-
mistakable facts that he was pos
sessed Of extensive means, and was
making avery protracted stay at the
Imperial otracted, she afterward
concluded, on accornt Of Alice.
The little girl, whom the doctors had
ordered to Westmouth for the winter,
was staying with her mother at the
same hotel. Thus Mr.. Yewburtonh had
become acquainted with them, and
soon managed, III the furtherance Of
his designs TO establish very agreea.
BILE intimacy with little Lucy Winchat.
The incident on the afternoon I have
alluded to, followed by one or two
similar occurrences, was eclipsed in
the course of a week or SO by the
meeting of Alice and Mr.. Yewburton
in Mrs. Winchat's rooms: H..
This opportunity for g. possible in
timacy was improved by Mr.. Yewbur-
ton most advantageously in often
taking his little friend for g. lesson,
and still oftener in calling for her when
it was over.
All this time, imperceptibly at first,
suppose, then faster and faster as
the charm of Alice fascinated and en-
thralled him-he was falling in love.
And Alice-it seems that she WAS, too.
The man was handsome, agreeable,
and well of.
:. Well off! Forbear sneering, reader,
II you are inclined to sneer. Alice had
suffered something from "the sings
and arrows of outrageous fortune"
She had eaten the bread of poverty
after her palate had grown accustomed
to a very different diet. But her own
poverty was not Alice 8 chief reflection.
Her mother was poor. very poor, and
growing old. And what was I? was
not worth thought; though I was
not treated according to merit, l re-
ceived at that time many a thought,
many an anxious, yearning, forgiving
thought. But time receded; Mr.. Yew-
burton advanced; I was silent; and
Allces h art was lost and won.
One afternoon in April Mr.. Yewbur-
ton called ostensibly for Lucy Win.
chat, after being well assured that
Lucy had left ten minutes ago. The
violin was on the table, and Alice,
lovely and serene, was sitting before
the little Pickering fire alone.
After a quarter of an hour passed
in sweet converse, he took up the vio-
lin.
"Would you have me for pupil?"
he asked.
"You are too DID," said Alice. IT
could never teach you"
"Im only thirty" be laughed, "and
you could teach me easily, 1 knowyo
could. Now try. How do you hold
the thing?"
"There were smiles, there was laugh
ter, and the room was filling with
love.
From one to the other passed the
violin, now under Affects chin, elegant
ly, exquisitely held (ah, how I used
to gaze at her in that lovely attitude!)
now Observation-Disclosures the
hands of her eager pupil.
"There! there!' she cried, "now you
have it indeed!''
Alice looked at him, looked with
laughing eyes full of admiration, but
his face changed. He looked back at
her with a strong yearning love. His
eyes spoke eloquently, so eloquently
that Alice looked on the floor. Then
the violin spoke-spoke sweetly and
distinctly: 'Tell me, Mary, how to
WOO thee"
She jumped up. "You impos-
tori" but Mr.. Yewburton went on
playing, and soon glancing from
that plaintive air, as Alice sat
down again, he touched those respon-
sive chords till they moaned, and wall
ed and pleaded, as nothing can wall
and plead but a violin in the hand OF
it's master.
No; I shall tell you no more of that
love-scene. hate the thought of it.
But within a week of that afternoon
Alice Ashbury had pledged her word
to marry Mr.. Yewburton.
"Who was Mr.. Yewburton?" asked
Mrs. Ashbury; and he frankly told
her. ..3% ts.>s j. *
Six months ago he was engaged to
be married. His 6ancee died before
the day fixed for the wedding, and
he believed that he would never
be joyous again, Since her death he
had lived q retired life, and had for
the most part Stunned society. bat
Alice's loveliness drew him out ofhim-
self, and promised him happiness once
more. He would not like his engage
nlent to. become generally known
among his friends tor six months, out
OF respect for the feelings of his old
loves relatives. For the present, he
begged Mrs: Ashbury to gauge his fit
ness for her daughters husband by
the strictest rules she chose to apply:
and concerning his income, he would
Gas indeed he did) place evidence be-
lore her to show that he was worth
at least $500 year. =s
Such was the explanation of mat.
ters, and Mrs. Ashbury was satisfied,
but Alice(lt was q ;woman's whim, /
suppose, mortified her little heart
with wonderings and questionings
about his first love, and then foolish
ly thought OF me. z4 Il 7. I ...E.,. ! j
Soon, with grounds or without
grounds, Alice began to suspect that
her new lovers passion was cooling.
With cause or without cause, her love
grew less. She repented; she wished
to be free. Then came into her heart
the stranRest little scheme which love
in perplexity could invent. She com
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